Aug 21, 2026
A monitoring group repeatedly alerted police over eight months that anti-immigration activists were circulating addresses of properties later targeted during riots in Belfast following a stabbing incident. Lists of addresses alleged to house immigrants were shared online amid the unrest.
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Belfast, with some setting vehicles alight, after police charged a Sudanese man with attempted murder following a knife attack that left one person with serious neck and head wounds. UK leaders and police have called for calm amid accusations that far-right groups are seeking to foment wider unrest.